Before I asked an invitation I was having some doubts.
You see, it's not like I'm someone who is busy crafting every free minute of the day.
I did some knitting when I was younger (just knit & purl, that's all) and started to learn crochet last summer. I really enjoy that! I also want to learn spinning and I'm busy with my first steps in needle felting. Really... I never was really handy with clay, but needle felting feels like sculpting with wool! Amazing :-)
I don't look upon myself as very creative. I can't draw, I'm not particularly handy with all sorts of material or techniques, but wool and yarn have something about them which really attracts me. It's cool to work with wool rovings and wool tops, but all these lovely yarns in wonderful colour combinations makes me want to buy them all!
Yesterday I had to pay a visit to my LYS to buy some cotton a friend of mine needs for the small bag she's crocheting for me to go with the stole she already made and... I nearly went dizzy looking at all those yarns! I couldn't resist and bought some Lana Grossa bulky yarn for 9 mm knitting needles and the needles themselves, because I hardly have any. What to make out of it? Maby a messenger type bag in freeform knitting, just using knit&purl? Well, why not? I'll just give it a try. I had to buy plain needles, but may have a go with bamboo needles as well later on. They weren't around when I was a kid, I think they'll suit me better than plain needles.
I just changed my username on Ravelry from swirlygirl into dassenhoedster which is a Dutch word that actually doesn't exist. It means something like "shepherdess of badgers". Badgers (we have the ones with the black and white striped faces) are rarely seen around here and are an endangered species. We saw one on our most recent holiday as we did 2 years ago staying in the same place. In our most recent holiday I started to finally do something with wool and yarn so in a way they symbolize the start of all this for me! I might not be the most fanatic knitter and crocheteer around, but I have the feeling wool and yarn are finally the materials I can be creative with.
